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The Avia 51 Commercial Airplane (Czechoslovakian): A Cantilever High-Wing Monoplane

Description: Circular describing the Avia 51 commercial airplane, which is a Czechoslovakian cantilever high-wing monoplane with a fairly orthodox design. Details of the performance, construction, wing, ailerons, fuselage, landing gear, engines, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: February 1934
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Fokker F.XX Commercial Airplane (Dutch): A High-Wing Cantilever Monoplane

Description: Circular describing the Fokker F.XX, which is a three-engine high-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable landing gear and tail wheel. Details of the wing, fuselage, cockpit, cabin, covering and cowling, control surfaces, landing gear, power plant, fuel and oil systems, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: February 1934
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The high-speed tank of the Hamburg Shipbuilding Company

Description: A description of the Hamburg tank and carriage is provided as well as a layout of the control station and generator room.
Date: February 1934
Creator: Kempf, G. & Sottorf, W.
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A complete tank test of a flying-boat hull with a pointed step - N.A.C.A. Model No. 22

Description: "The results of a complete tank test of a model of a flying-boat hull of unconventional form, having a deep pointed step, are presented in this note. The advantage of the pointed-step type over the usual forms of flying-boat hulls with respect to resistance at high speeds is pointed out. A take-off example using the data from these tests is worked out, and the results are compared with those of an example in which the test data for a hull of the type in general use in the United States are appl… more
Date: February 1934
Creator: Shoemaker, James M.
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Tank tests of auxiliary vanes as a substitute for planing area

Description: The results of towing tests made on two models at the request of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, are presented. The first model represents the hull of the U.S. Navy PN-8 flying boat, in which the sponsors of the original hull are removed and auxiliary lifting vanes are fitted at the chines immediately forward of the main step. The tests showed that the altered form gave a large increase in hump resistance and a very undesirable spray formation through a large part of the speed range. more
Date: February 1934
Creator: Parkinson, John B.
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Tank tests of a family of flying-boat hulls

Description: "This report presents towing tests made in the N.A.C.A. tank of a parent form and five variations of a flying-boat hull. The beams of two of the derived forms were made the same as that of the parent and the lengths changed by increasing and decreasing the spacing of stations. The lengths of the two others of the derived forms were made the same as that of the parent while the beams were changed by increasing and decreasing the spacing of buttocks, all other widths being changed in proportion. … more
Date: February 1934
Creator: Shoemaker, James M. & Parkinson, John B.
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Effect of Fuselage and Engine Nacelles on Some Aerodynamic Properties of an Airplane Wing

Description: "With the aid of the method of J. Lotz, the writer undertook to solve theoretically the lift distribution along the span of an airplane wing, when the outline of the wing is uneven. This problem arises in the case of a mid-wing monoplane with embedded engine nacelles. The fuselage and the nacelles were considered as aerodynamically profiled, that is, as lift-producing parts. The task was therefore to determine not only the disturbance caused by the fuselage and nacelles, but also their share in… more
Date: February 1934
Creator: Vladea, Joan
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Effect of moderate air flow on the distribution of fuel sprays after injection cut-off

Description: "High-speed motion pictures were taken of fuel sprays with the NACA spray-photographic apparatus to study the distribution of the liquid fuel from the instant of injection cut-off until about 0.05 second later. The fuel was injected into a glass-walled chamber in which the air density was varied from 1 to 13 times atmospheric air density (0.0765 to 0.99 pound per cubic foot) and in which the air was at room temperature. The air in the chamber was set in motion by means of a fan, and was directe… more
Date: February 14, 1934
Creator: Rothrock, A. M. & Spencer, R. C.
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The drag of airplane wheels, wheel fairings, and landing gears - 1

Description: This report presents the results of tests made in the 7-by 10-foot wind tunnel and in the 20-foot tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to determine the drag of a number of airplane wheels, wheel fairings, and landing gears designed or selected for an airplane of 3,000 pounds gross weight. All tests were made on full-size models; those in the 7-by 10-foot tunnel were made at air speeds up to 80 miles per hour and those in the 20-foot tunnel were made at air speeds up to 100 … more
Date: February 9, 1934
Creator: Herrnstein, William H., Jr. & Biermann, David
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Infrared Radiation From Explosions in a Spark-Ignition Engine

Description: This report presents the results of an investigation to determine the variations in intensity and spectral distribution of the radiant energy emitted by the flames during normal and knocking explosions in an engine. Radiation extending into the infrared was transmitted by a window of fluorite, placed either near the spark plug or over the detonation zone at opposite ends of the combustion chamber. Concave, surface-silvered mirrors focused the beam, first at the slit of a stroboscope which opene… more
Date: February 27, 1934
Creator: Marvin, Charles F., Jr.; Caldwell, Frank R. & Steele, Sydney
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of Anemometer Cups

Description: From Introduction: "The investigation was intended to cover the characteristics of individual cups and of similar cups mounted on complete cup wheals. This report treats the static tests run on the individual cups."
Date: February 1934
Creator: Brevoort, M. J. & Joyner, U. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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